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Citroen UK to provide Big Issue Group with 16 electric vans as part of a three-year partnership

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Citroen UK has announced a three-year partnership with Big Issue Group (BIG). The partnership will see Big Issue Group adopt a fleet of all-electric Citroen e-Berlingo Vans and e-Dispatch vans to support the distribution of The Big Issue magazine across the UK.

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New mia electric city car uses Sevcon controller

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Sales of the mia will initially focus on public and private fleet operators with sales to private customers starting in 2012. Heuliez has been designing and producing pure drive electric cars since 1984 and has manufactured more than 6,500 electric cars including Citroen AX Electric, Peugeot 106 Electric and Citroen Saxo Electric.

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Ashwoods Launches Hybrid Drive Retrofit Kit for Light Vans and Stop-Start Retrofit Kit

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Ashwoods is delivering more than 130 vehicles in Phase One, accounting for more than 68% of the total LCVPP fleet. Ashwoods is also heading a consortium including Citroen, LifeBATT and SevCon to develop a new generation of hybrid drive trains scalable from 25 kW up to 150 kW, in a £1.8-million million (US$2.8-million) Stop/start.

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EEA: All major car manufacturers in Europe met 2012 CO2 targets; 9 already meet 2015 targets

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Based on emission levels recorded in vehicle tests, car registration data analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the report “CO 2 emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2012” shows that in 2012 all major car manufacturers met their targets for their fleet. of the total fleet, and emitted 130.4

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Transdev and Toshiba launch electric car sharing system utilizing solar power in Lyon, France

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From the last quarter of 2014, solar energy produced by solar panels installed on buildings in the Confluence district will allow the charging of the entire fleet of SUNMOOV’ vehicles. Cars used in the SUNMOOV’ service are the Citroen C-Zero, Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Peugeot iOn.

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Citroen claims GreenFleet Manufacturer of the Year

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French carmaker Citroen has won the prestigious GreenFleet Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year award, in recognition of its extensive range of fuel efficient and fleet friendly vehicles. Sponsored by Rockingham race circuit, the award was presented to Citroen at a black tie ceremony held at the E[.].

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Citroen C1 fleet drive down emissions for G4S

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In an effort to cut the emissions of its fleet, G4S Utility Services-the UK''s largest supplier of data collection and meter reading services-has taken delivery of 437 new Citroen C1 city cars. With emissions from just 99g/km CO2, and real-world economy reported to be around 53mpg, the company''s [.].

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